St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-25
THE NORTH AND SOUTH
Gen' Iltz Hugh Lee and His Party of
distinguished Virginians Ban
quoted in st. Paul.
hospitality Unbounded rendered by the
Magnolia and 'Possum Clubs
Last Evening.
Eloquent Words From the Ristin-
Su1shed Guests Uttered in After
Dinner Speeches.

Eloquent Words From the Ristin-
Sulshed Guests Uttered in After
Dinner Speeches.
cen. Lee, Ignatius Donnel1y and
Many Others--The Blue and the
Gray Together.
The party of distinguished Virginians,
headed by Gov. Fitz Hugh Lee and ex- Gov.
Marye' who arrived in the city on Sunday
evening: were the guests of the Carnival
ASSOCIATION yesterday afternoon, and
visited the various points of inter
est Inc party spent some time
toDogganing down the Crocus hill
side, and Gov. Lee expressed himself as
hlghly delighted with the sport In the
evening the gentlemen were banQueted at
Hotel Ryan by the Magnolia and 'Possunl
CLUBS, composed entirely of South
ern gentlemen. 1t was brilliant
assenoiage of Southern chivalry
and Northern dignity that took
seats around the banquet board. The
taoies were arranged in rows with cross
table at the head, in the center of which
sat Gov. Fitz Hugh Lee, and Gen. John
SON. POSTMASTER. The Virginians and in
vited guests occupied this table. and the
members of the Magnolia and Opossum
clubs sat in front. The banquet served
consisted chiefly of Southern home dishes,
and the wine and wit We'd with each other
III brilliant sparkle. The following were
the noted guests from Virginia:
Gov. Ftzhugh Lee. NJ. N. Gillian, T. w.
Pemberton, Capt John A. Cope, Charles Wat
klns, Dr.. George Rogers, j. c. Branch, B. w.
branch, Joseph Bryan, T. Nelson Ray, J. l..
Magee, w. E. Addison. r. B. Atkinson, E. N.
| Moore, j. L. Gray, R. NJ. Venabe, +. A.
Davenport and P. H. Mayo.
INVITED GUESTS.
Prominent among the other invited guests
were:
j. j. Hill. ex-Gov, Alex Ramsey, Gov A.
K. McGill, Senator-Elect Davis, P. H. Kelly,
| George H. Finch, Lewis Baker. Thomas
Cochran, Jr.. D. R. Noyes, W. P. Murray,
James Smith, Jr., DR.. Perrin Hiram F. Stew
ems. X. A. Smith, Ferdinand Wiiius, Joseph
A. Wheelock, e. V. Smalley, Ignatius Don
nelly DR.. j. H. Murphy, w. ]. c. Kenyon,
Maj. A G. Postlethwaite, Gustav Willius, L..
H. MaXfield.
The toasts were numerous, and the
speeches in response from the lips of the
most eloquent and distinguished represent
atives of the Old Dominion and the new
Northwest. Judge c. E. Flandrau,
OF ST. Paul, the first speaker, eX-
tended the welcome to the Vir
gnia guests. E. V. Smalley responded to
the toast 1.-The North Wind" and closing,
proposed: ''To our gallant fellow country
men of this great American Union. stretch
ing from sea to sea, and the descendant of
Light Horse Harry, of revolutionary fame,
and OF that great leader who carried the
Southern arms through defeat and victory
and won at all times the respect of his an
tagonist, as well as the love of his own
rNrAla
Lee" Every glass was emptied and pro-
iOnged cheers showed the spirit of the oc-
caSion.
GENERAL LEES SPEECH.
Gov. Lee made response to The New
| South" as follows:
am very glad, indeed, to be present to-
night. For the first time l stand within the
| hospitabe walls of st. Paul. For the first
time the blue sky which bends over your
| people has bent over me, and for the first
time in all my life have been tobogganng.
| (Laughter). A meeting of this sort does a
great deal of good. 1t brings men from the
| different sections face to face. 1t lets US see
| in Virginia that there is something outside
| OF the Old Dominion, some other
place that is forging forward rapidly in
progress and civilization. If we had known
| each other better before the war very likely
that great civil conflict would never have
taken place. Applause. wish only to say
|
| owing to a different construction that the
| South placed upon that great federal consti-
| tuition which was put into operation in Phila-
delphfa. We of the South thought that if q
state felt itself aggrieved she should have
| the right to withdraw, while the Orthern
states of the Union, taught by Daniel Web
| ster and Chief Justice Story and others that
| it was union that once entered into
| could never be broken; and, taking
| these two opposite views of the
| federal constitution, we went warning
| in defense of our opinions. We cast no re-
| Elections upon your motives; nor should you
cast any upon ours. tits all over now, and
the reverberation of the cannon no longer is
| heard over the hills and valleys of our coun-
try. Now the sabers have returned to their
| scabbards; now the crack of the infantry
| musket no longer reverHrates from serried
ranks-but see! We are back once more, in
the eloquent language of the Georgia senator,
lin the house of our fathers" Virginia,
which had so much to do in the earlier for
| nation OF this great republic, desires to vie
| with these young and growing states of the
| Northwest in all that contributes to
! the progress and growth OF civilZa-
ton. The new South is forging
| rapidly forward. Her resources of all kinds
have been rapidly developed, and from Texas
to Old Virginia, to use a figure, nuggets of
| gold are bounding from the mountains sides
| of the New South ribandS of silver are I'M
winding from her hills. bringing wealth to
Her peOple anu employment TO ner SOnS- Inc
| New South to-day is the equal in patriotic
| fervor and pride in the American Republic of
| any state in the Union. Applause and
| cheering. So far as | am personally con-
| cerned [ appear myself in a very equitable
| position.
BEAR A SCAR
OH my person obtained on the distant praires
of Texas, defending the Star-spangled Ban
| ner against the Indian tribes of Texas, and
also bear the scar upon my person gained in
the defense of what we believed to be the
| right. The gentlemen from Virginia as well
as myself are delighted with the cordial hos
pitality with which have been received
| here. We will carry back to our old state a
| recollection which will long linger with us,
and tell those people that they should
come here as have and see your
gorgeous Ice Kings palace, see the enter
| prise and spirit of your people, see the many
marks of improvement which are every
where around you here, and they will go back
| as do, impressed not only with the friend
ship and good feeling of the citizens of the
Northwest, but with new impressions as to
the granduer and greatness and glory of the
| American republic. We will take Virginia
here now and place her there in the coronet of
states, and our only ambition shall be that
| she shall take her place alongside OF Mime
sofa us bright, blazing, brilliant jewel IN the
crown which binds the brow of the American
union.
storm of applause greeted Gov. Lee
as he took his seat. Thomas Page the
gifted voting dialect author of Virginia.
was called upon, and in response recited
one of his own poems, entitled 'Ashcake, "
soon to be published in the new Scribners
Magazine. Another, Another called
the banqueters. and Mr.. Page recited his
well-known production entitled, "Unc'
Gabe's White Folks" published in the oil d
ScribnerS.
Dr.. Murphy, discarding his individuality.